A.1145. The carpenters are cutting 6-meter long beams. It takes 3 minutes to saw a beam once. How long does it take to cut 10 beams into half-meter long pieces?
A.1146. How could you measure 13 minutes with the help of a 7-minute and a 5-minute hourglass?
A.1147. Three workers: a cabinet maker, a painter, and a carpenter live in the same town. Their names (not necessarily in that order) are Peter, Ben and Sam. Not too long ago the painter wanted to ask his friend, the cabinet maker, to make some furniture for him. He learned that the cabinet maker is working at the house of the carpenter. Who has what profession if we know that Ben has never heard of Peter?
A.1148. Camille’s dad is putting new tiles on their kitchen floor: dark brown tiles in two rows around the edges, and light brown tiles in the middle. The tiles are 20cm x 20cm squares. How many dark brown tiles does he need if the dimensions of the rectangular kitchen are 3m 2dm x 4m 4dm?
A.1149. Some 3-digit numbers when multiplied by 4 give a 4-digit number. How many such 3-digit numbers are there?
A.1150. A potter is making mugs for the county fair. Since he is in a rush, he makes a lot of mistakes. A tenth of the mugs he made in a week are chipped, and a quarter of them are scratched. On top of these, 10 mugs are chipped and scratched, as well. Luckily, he could fix those that are only scratched. This way he managed to take 80 mugs to the fair. How many mugs did he make in total?
A.1151. Tom is making legs for 174 four-legged tables. He has made 116 legs so far, and used 6.5 liters of paint to stain them. How many more legs does he need to make, and how many half-liter cans of paint does he still need to stain them?
A.1152. In my school’s Talent Show this year, 57 productions were staged by the students. We needed 3 days to see them all. If they put 7 productions from the first day to the second day then all three days would have had the same number of productions. Belle was able to attend only the first 2 days. How many productions did she see?
Please send your solutions here.
The Sharma Kamala Educational Trust is sponsoring the participation of students from India. So, if you are a student living in India, please, send your solutions to: Group A from India